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Centre tells Sindh to ‘do more’ to curb Covid-19 Fawad says government will discuss electoral reforms with opposition members of parliament and not fugitives like Nawaz Sharif and Altaf Hussain
August 4, 2021
Blaming the Sindh government’s poor governance for the worsening Covid-19 situation in Karachi and Hyderabad, the federal government on Tuesday asked the provincial leadership to improve its response to coronavirus and ramp up vaccination as the fourth wave of the pandemic intensifies and infections continue to spread.
“We do not want to criticise the Sindh government but Karachi and Hyderabad are the most behind in vaccination which is why most [Covid-related] problems are there,” Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said at a post-cabinet press conference in Islamabad. “This is why the Sindh government needs to reflect on its matters and try to improve its governance,” he further said. “The vaccination count is the lowest in Karachi an
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said the government would discuss electoral reforms with the opposition members of parliament (MPs) including Shehbaz Sharif, and not the fugitives like Nawaz Sharif and Altaf Hussain.
“Many leaders of both opposition parties, PMLN and PPP, are part of the parliamentary system and want its improvement, while Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Safdar, Fazlur Rehman and others, who are not part of the system, want to disrupt it for their personal benefits,” the minister said while briefing media persons about the decisions of cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Talks with Shehbaz not Nawaz, says Fawad
August 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said the government would discuss electoral reforms with the opposition members of parliament (MPs) including Shehbaz Sharif, and not fugitives like Nawaz Sharif and Altaf Hussain.
“Many leaders of both the opposition parties, PML-N and PPP, are part of the parliamentary system and want its improvement, while Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Safdar, Fazlur Rehman and others, who are not part of the system, want to disrupt it for their personal benefits,” the minister said while briefing media persons about the decisions of the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Prime Minister Imran Khan presides over a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Photo courtesy: Prime Minister s Office/Twitter
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday directed Pakistan’s navy and air force to vacate state land that they had “encroached on”, especially in the federal capital’s National Park area.
The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, once again invited the opposition to sit with the government to discuss important national issues, but said talks would not be held with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maryam Nawaz and Altaf Hussain.
“They have no right to even lead their parties as they are not part of the parliament,” the meeting said.